Catholic Internet Library on the ordination of women

Tour 1. SEVEN REASONS WHY	Seven indisputable arguments in favour of admitting women to the priestly ministry.

	Tour 2. TEACHING AUTHORITY	Why we dare and must challenge the Teaching Authority

Tour 3. OUR DEBATE WITH ROME	Why do the Pope & the Congregation for Doctrine reject women priests? What are our arguments in response?

	ACTION MENU	What you can do to support our campaign.

CHURCH REFORM part one	How does our campaign fit in with other areas of Church life that need reform? Such as the exercise of authority, sex in marriage, optional celibacy, homosexuality, etc.		In preparation

Our Vision

We believe in God for whom love is truly the highest priority, who expects the Church to be a community of care and mutual concern, brothers and sisters among whom leaders are servants and to whom power means comfort and healing.
We believe in God who cherishes every part of our personality, our intelligence and spiritual gifts, but also our bodies, our sexuality, our longing for relationships, warmth and touch.
We believe in God who has created all human beings to be sons and daughters, who calls both men and women equally to leadership and ministry in the Kingdom of Love.
We believe in God who does not exact cruel sacrifices from us, but heroic deeds of love as Jesus showed us, deeds of generosity, a God who wants us to respect and love ourselves while giving and sharing of our best for the sake of others.
We believe in God who expects us to be creative and free, who wants us to express our opinions honestly, to fight with all our heart and mind for truth and justice rather than blindly obey commands, to trustingly challenge those in authority when they make mistakes.

We are convinced that God revealed Good News, a breathtaking inspiration that gives meaning to our lives, an ideal against which we measure ourselves and our community of faith, a source of hope that makes us happy and proud to be followers of Christ.
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What is it all about?

What on earth do we hope to achieve?

Who is webmaster of this web site?

Links

Women Deacons

Sister Churches

Speaking up

Body, Sex and Gender

For related online Libraries see:
The ORDINATION OF WOMEN in the Catholic Church	Catherine of Siena VIRTUAL COLLEGE
THE BODY IS SACRED	MYSTERY AND BEYOND

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